Obama losing war support Americans are losing confidence in the ability to win in Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—With the deadliest month in Afghanistan on record, more Americans are expressing concern the United States and its allies cannot win the war. USA Today reports:

“Support for Obama's management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a record 43% also say it was a mistake to go to war there after the terrorist attacks in 2001.”

Its no wonder the administration is losing support for the war with tiring allies, a corrupt Afghan leader and government, decreasing support from natives, and pressure from foreign agitators. The slide in approval of Obama’s handling of the war coincides with his domestic approval as recorded in the USA Today/Gallup poll:

“Only 41% of those surveyed Tuesday through Sunday approved of the way Obama is handling his job, his lowest rating in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll since he took office in January 2009. In Gallup's separate daily tracking poll, his approval was at 45% Monday.”

Pressure is mounting from the left of the president’s party to exit the war and focus on domestic issues— conceding defeat regardless of its consequences.

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Afghanistan records deadliest month Civilian deaths on the rise as the conflict drags on

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AP)—A minibus full of civilians struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan early Sunday, and Afghan officials said six of those on board were killed.

Also Sunday, the last troops from the 1,600-member military contingent began to leave the country, marking an end to the Netherlands' four-year mission in the central province of Uruzgan. They will be replaced by American, Australian, Slovak and Singaporean forces.

German Army Brig. Gen. Josef Blotz, a NATO spokesman, told reporters Sunday in Kabul that the Dutch pullout did not show a weakening of the international coalition.

"The overall force posture of (NATO) and of the Afghan security forces is increasing," Gen. Blotz said. However, the increase in NATO troops comes primarily from a surge of U.S. forces, who recently have taken over control of key areas in Helmand and Kandahar from British and Canadian forces.

Sunday's blast in Kandahar hit a bus in the Maiwand district outside Kandahar city, according to provincial spokesman Zalmai Ayubi.

A NATO patrol arrived soon after the explosion and treated the wounded at the scene, the coalition command said.

U.S. and NATO forces are stepping up operations against the Taliban in Kandahar and nearby Helmand province. July was the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly 9-year war, with 66 troops killed. Overall NATO deaths were highest in June, with 103 troops killed.

A NATO service member died Sunday after an insurgent attack in south, the coalition said in a statement. It did not provide further details.

The escalation in military operations also threatens more civilian casualties, potentially undermining support for the U.S.-led mission among Afghans as well as the public in troop-contributing nations.

At least 270 civilians were killed in the fighting in July, and nearly 600 wounded, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said.

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White House backed release of Lockerbie bomber The administration shows deference to convicted terrorist

WASHINGTON, DC—Documents obtained by The Australian purportedly show proof the Obama Administration backed the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi; preferring him not to suffer in a Libyan prison.  

The piece reads in part:

“Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison.

The document, acquired by a well-placed US source, threatens to undermine US President Barack Obama's claim last week that all Americans were ‘surprised, disappointed and angry’ to learn of Megrahi's release.”

You might recall the reason given for the release of the terrorist that killed 270 people in 1988 was he only had weeks, perhaps days to live before cancer would take his life—nearly a year ago. It has since been learned the prognosis was heavily biased toward the murderous thug, but hey, why shouldn’t he enjoy the last of his golden years. It’s not if he’s an unwanted fetus.

--Killswitch Politick

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White House: Al Qaeda is racist and intolerant Apparently, a terrorist organization is only despicable when it discriminates

WASHINGTON, DC—The White House is condemning the terrorist acts committed in the recent Unganda bombings as acts of racism because blacks are unfairly treated by the hate groups. No, this isn’t a satirical piece copied from The Onion and we wish is was.

According to one White House official the reasoning that led the administration to this shocking conclusion was the inequality of blacks to Arabs:

"Additionally, U.S. intelligence has indicated that al Qaeda leadership specifically targets and recruits black Africans to become suicide bombers because they believe that poor economic and social conditions make them more susceptible to recruitment than Arabs. Al Qaeda recruits have said that al Qaeda is racist against black members from West Africa because they are only used in lower level operations."

We fully expect sensitivity experts and affirmative action advocates to be dispatched to the Middle East and West Africa to right this insidious wrong. Never mind the fact that these groups are massacring innocent civilians and butchering young children, the real problem is the racial discrimination practiced by the likes of Al Qaeda and company:

"Al Qaeda is a racist organization that treats black Africans like cannon fodder and does not value human life."

It can only be assumed the administration could not derive the fact that Al Qaeda is intolerant of any group or person that does not embrace radical Islam absent treating minorities differently in their own ranks.

--Killswitch Politick

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